Case Study: Kansas Publishing Ventures streamlines public notice publishing with Column

Kansas Publishing Ventures Sees "Instant Rewards" With Column

Kansas Publishing Ventures, a regional newspaper publisher in Kansas, was struggling with a “pretty clunky” and highly inefficient public notice process across its six newspapers. Notices came in through multiple channels, billing varied by paper, and staff spent too much time juggling paper copies, affidavits, and handoffs. Column helped KPV modernize this workflow with its digital public notice management platform.

With Column, Kansas Publishing Ventures standardized how notices were received, billed, tracked, and published through a centralized digital dashboard. Tommy Hornbeck reported “instant rewards,” including a cleaner process, fewer errors, faster turnaround, and major time savings from reducing manual steps and paperwork. Column also improved customer satisfaction by making the process more structured and reliable, and Tommy said he could now handle notices in just three clicks while reclaiming more time for other work and family.

Kansas Publishing Ventures

Tommy Hornbeck

Technical Director